It is. You may not like it, but it is what it is. I know you have seen exactly what I am talking about. You were in the same thread I was when everyone thought they were losing their purchases and it was pandemonium. That, I would say was most users who cared to speak an opinion one way or another. Where is that same energy now? We know that is what is required to facilitate change. If most users are currently unhappy, as you define it, where the heck are they?
I highlighted the relevant part in red. Character builder and character sheet will see updates in terminology. There will be changes in wording. There are not any changes in mechanics.
Lance and trident are issues that need to be addressed. Outside of that, there is not anything else.
So there are not any changes in mechanics, except for the changes in mechanics that you keep dismissing.
How do you know there isn't anything else? Have you checked? Will you check again when the next splatbook comes out? Because I'm going to have to. Which is the point you keep ignoring.
Please be specific and show which core mechanics were changed. The only significant changes people have pointed out were the damage dice of lance and trident. That is literally it.
Everything else that people have pointed out are changes in citation, changes in wording that have no mechanical impact, or additition of weapon mastery that has no bearing on 2014 classes. All the rewording were inline with 2014 rules and do not impact the game mechanically.
Show me the changes that actually impact the game mechanically.
I will not do the work you should be doing in comparing the differences between 2014 and 2024 rules mechanics and verbal word context usage. Obviously, you are just now starting to notice changes to existing mechanics and elements that will affect the mechanics of play, and it’s something that has been going on since they quit ALC service.
If you haven’t been keeping up with the changes, how can you express your claim that the majority of users are content with the new rules? And if you have been keeping up with the differences, you full well know they are going back on their word. Words that mean nothing to them.
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It is not a definition it is a generalization used to push a narrative. They have gone to other ways to play D&D, or other systems. We were both here for that, how many dissenting member are as active now after the change? They are done with DDB and wizbro's censorship and false marketing. Where do you think they are just happily using the site?
So you are not done with DDB/WotC? If your absence of evidence is evidence that they left for other sites and systems, why can't I use that same absence as evidence that no one cares? Regardless, two or three 2014 hardliners are hardly representative of a majority of anything, and certainly not noise enough to make major changes to the site.
Not sure what point you are trying to make, but how can you quantify those that have left? Only 2 or 3, what a laugh many have given up on this site, ddb is a poor investment of time and money. Between censorship and dismissing peoples legitimate complaints people are leaving ddb. You still haven't defined "most users".
How can you quantify those that care beyond those who share an opinion here? Since there are so few, what conclusions can be safely drawn other than only a few people care enough to even post on the topic? Because so few are posting on the subject, it makes no sense to make major changes to the site to cater to a few squeaky wheels, as the lack of complaining can be seen as general contentment.
You are obviously angry, and that is valid, but you do not amount to enough to justify changing things when others seem perfectly happy with the current status quo. That costs time, money, and possibly users who are happy with how things are. Why should DDB trade those users for a few who are constantly complaining no matter what is done? It seems to me that the mostly content users are potential customers and you have made your feelings on spending very clear.
I'm going to lock this thread as it has derailed into personal debates and I'm not sure what could be said that has not been said in 7 pages, besides users debating each other with increasingly hostile language. This feedback has been noted and expressed elsewhere.
It is. You may not like it, but it is what it is. I know you have seen exactly what I am talking about. You were in the same thread I was when everyone thought they were losing their purchases and it was pandemonium. That, I would say was most users who cared to speak an opinion one way or another. Where is that same energy now? We know that is what is required to facilitate change. If most users are currently unhappy, as you define it, where the heck are they?
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So there are not any changes in mechanics, except for the changes in mechanics that you keep dismissing.
How do you know there isn't anything else? Have you checked? Will you check again when the next splatbook comes out? Because I'm going to have to. Which is the point you keep ignoring.
I will not do the work you should be doing in comparing the differences between 2014 and 2024 rules mechanics and verbal word context usage. Obviously, you are just now starting to notice changes to existing mechanics and elements that will affect the mechanics of play, and it’s something that has been going on since they quit ALC service.
If you haven’t been keeping up with the changes, how can you express your claim that the majority of users are content with the new rules? And if you have been keeping up with the differences, you full well know they are going back on their word. Words that mean nothing to them.
" Darkvision doesn’t work in Magical darkness, and if something is magical, Never Trust it acts the same way as a non-magical version of that same thing!”- Discotech Mage over a cup of joe.
So you are not done with DDB/WotC? If your absence of evidence is evidence that they left for other sites and systems, why can't I use that same absence as evidence that no one cares? Regardless, two or three 2014 hardliners are hardly representative of a majority of anything, and certainly not noise enough to make major changes to the site.
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How can you quantify those that care beyond those who share an opinion here? Since there are so few, what conclusions can be safely drawn other than only a few people care enough to even post on the topic? Because so few are posting on the subject, it makes no sense to make major changes to the site to cater to a few squeaky wheels, as the lack of complaining can be seen as general contentment.
You are obviously angry, and that is valid, but you do not amount to enough to justify changing things when others seem perfectly happy with the current status quo. That costs time, money, and possibly users who are happy with how things are. Why should DDB trade those users for a few who are constantly complaining no matter what is done? It seems to me that the mostly content users are potential customers and you have made your feelings on spending very clear.
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